PALOS VERDES, Calif. – Duke University junior Alejandra Cangrejo carded her second straight round of one-under-par, 70, on Tuesday to maintain the individual lead through 36 holes of action at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, which is being played at the 6,107-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.

Cangrejo, who is out of Bogota, Colombia, owns a 36-hole total of two-under-par, 140, and leads by three strokes over a trio of golfers – Kelsey Vines of Oklahoma State (143), Kyung Kim of Southern California (143) and Camilla Hedberg of Florida (143).

On Tuesday, Cangrejo notched 15 pars, two birdies and one bogey on her way to firing a one-under-par, 70. She notched a birdie on the par-five seventh hole to move to one-under on the day and then fell back to even par with a bogey on No. 13. Cangrejo closed with a birdie on the 333-yard, par four 17th hole to get back to one-under-par.

As a team, Duke carded a round of 295 on the second day of action and owns a 36-hole total of 585, which is third overall. Southern California came back to shoot a team-best 280 on Tuesday to move into the lead with a 10-over-par, 578. UCLA (579), Duke (585), Texas (589), Florida (592), Baylor (599), Arizona (604), Washington (609), Colorado (611) and Pepperdine (612) round out the top 10 teams.

Through two days, Lindy Duncan and Celine Boutier are tied for 18th overall with a ledger of six-over-par, 148. Duncan, who is from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., played her first eight holes in the second round at three-over-par, but closed the day with an even-par score over the final 10 holes to finish with a 74.

A native of Montrouge, France, Boutier was even par through the first nine holes as she drained two birdies, two bogies and five pars. She finished the day with four bogeys and five pars on her way to posting a 75.

After notching a 73 in round one, junior Laetitia Beck carded a 77 in the second round and is now tied for 30th overall with a 150. Beck, a product of Caesarea, Israel, opened the day with five bogeys and a front nine score of 40. She turned in a one-over-par, 37, on the back nine, which included birdies on No. 12 and No. 16.

Freshman Yi Xiao notched a five-over-par, 76, in the second round and is now tied for 49th overall with a 154. The native of China notched a team-best three birdies on the day.

Playing as an individual, Irene Jung collected a 77 and is tied for 23rd overall, after carding a one-over-par, 72 on day one. Jung opened the day with a birdie, but was eight-over-par over her next 17 holes of play.

Duke will tee off beginning at 11:00 a.m. (ET), with a shotgun start in the final round on Wednesday.
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